Name: Navigating The E-bike Boom With America's Outdated Infrastructure
Uploaded: 2022-12-30T07:08:00.000Z
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300 million e-bikes are expected to be used in

That's about one e-bike for every 26 people

The level of ridership is almost doubled or more

And we see no, no, no slowing of that in the

years forward as we look at fuel prices increasing

and other challenges to transportation only

But despite the recent surge in popularity,

they've actually been around since the late

1800s. The first E-bike patent in the US was for

a product very similar to what you'd see today a

standard bicycle with a motor and a battery in

While it has been a fairly popular mode of

popularized it in the US. Being able to get

around easily in cities without strangers

breathing down your neck on public transportation

suddenly became an attractive proposition.

But one study found that more than 9 million

people have sought out medical attention from an

e-bike injury since 2000. Those injuries were

also more likely to be more severe than a

traditional bicycle and more likely to require

hospitalization. There were 53 deaths from

e-bikes in the U.S. between 2017 and 2021,

including pedestrians getting hit by e-bikes as

Some think that that's because e-bikes are

regulated as bikes instead of motorcycles.

Under our jurisdiction, we regulate electric

bikes that can achieve an unassisted speed of no

more than 20 miles per hour with a motor that

Some of these e-bikes can get up to 28 miles

per hour if the cyclist is pedaling with a

micromobility, are they safe to use in a country

like the U.S. where infrastructure is largely

There are at least 200 ebike brands around the

world, and a variety of models have entered the

market over the last decade. Some are built

with specific work in mind, like food delivery.

Others were made for chauffeuring around your

little kids or designed to fold up if you have

While some e-bikes are pedal assisted, others

The plethora of options have helped them grow in

popularity, and in the US they're actually being

bought more than electric and hybrid cars

You can build 400 rad power bikes with the same

amount of battery cells that goes into one large

So in terms of a scalable solution, that's

That's my grandpa. He's the founder and chairman

of Rad Power Bikes, the largest e-bike company in

the US. You can also go about 40 miles per charge

on the average e-bike, which is enough for a few

days of commuting and getting around town in

And a lot of our customers are also living

So Rad is about one third rural, one third

urban and one third suburban. And that might

surprise some people that think electric bikes

And there's an abundance of environmental

benefits. A study found that an e-bike emits only

five grams of carbon for every mile traveled,

compared to about 100 grams per bus rider and

I had a spreadsheet set up of all the ones I was

going to go test drive, but we were holding off

because after the move we didn't have enough

money to buy a car and we were looking at these

these electric cargo bikes and decided to buy

Jason Slater is known for starting the YouTube

He's garnered over 850,000 subscribers for

talking about urban planning and chronicling

his life in Amsterdam, where he and his family

moved because they didn't want to live in a

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